Friday 8 April 2011 (Series 64, Prelim 60)
Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2011 9:46 pm
Countdown recap for Friday 8 April 2011 (Series 64, Prelim 60).
C1: Champion Graham Hill (1 win, 72 points.)
C2: Challenger Paula Shallcross.
DC: Susie Dent and Dave Spikey.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.
Graham Hill became the champion on Thursday's show by knocking out Colin Young and he now takes on Paula Shallcross from Blackpool (whose surname is pronounced "shawlcross", fact fans; she has also sung on stage at Sydney Opera House). Without further messing about, let's recap the proceedings in the time-honoured fashion.
R01: L T M O A E S R U
R02: N T R E U K T A I
R03: F T N O A G E L D
R04: H G T U O E N R O
R05: 50, 10, 7, 2, 6, 4. Target: 138.
TTT: DIDMOUSE - "Did the mouse end up looking like a jellyfish?"
R06: S P U O B D A O A
R07: S N E I M D L A E
R08: T S T O E A C S Q
R09: R P N E I N E P R
R10: 25, 1, 5, 7, 2, 1. Target: 319.
TTT: OURBELTS - "You've got yours, I've got mine - according to the song."
R11: W F J A E A W P D
R12: T S G I U E D V L
R13: M O C S E R M E D
R14: 50, 100, 2, 8, 9, 2. Target: 127.
R15: D I E T C O L A S (conundrum)
This week it was the turn of Vitabiotics Osteocare to provide sponsorship.
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Jeff opens the show by remarking on a recent survey that suggested that ladies over 50 are often 'ignored' by the opposite sex. After the revelation that Rachel's grandfather "is mad", Jeff then goes on to introduce Susie as a woman "for whom fifty is approaching fast", a statement he wisely retracts at the end of the programme, although she does seem to agree at the time. She's only in her early forties, surely? Anyway, before we all get in trouble for discussing a lady's age, let us begin!
Round 1: L T M O A E S R U
C1: AMULETS (7)
C2: MAULERS (7)
DC: EMULATORS (18)
Score: 7–7 (max 18)
A great start for SusieDave with a niner. As always when EMULATORS appears, SOULMATE is nice for eight.
Round 2: N T R E U K T A I
C1: KNITTER (7)
C2: NATTIER (7)
DC: TRINKET (7) KERATIN (7)
OT: NITRATE (7) NUTTIER (7) TAUNTER (7) TAURINE (7) TERTIAN (7) TRINKET (7) URINATE (7)
Score: 14–14 (max 25)
The flattest round of the day. KNITTER puts me in mind of erstwhile Countdown guest Pam Ayres and her album/book "Thoughts of a Late-Night Knitter". And it's all-square in contestant's row.
Round 3: F T N O A G E L D
C1: TANGLED (7)
C2: GLOATED (7)
DC: TANGLED (7) TANGELO (7)
OT: GATEFOLD (8)
Score: 21–21 (max 33)
For newcomers to the show, Susie helpfully points out that TANGELO is an all-time favourite Countdown offering. We don't see it too often these days, must all be in the shuffling... Oh yeah, and no one spots the darrenic GATEFOLD, which reminds me of those old double album covers.
Round 4: H G T U O E N R O
C1: TOUGHEN (7)
C2: TOUGHEN (7)
DC: ROUGHEN (7)
OT: OUTGONE (7) TOUGHER (7)
Score: 28–28 (max 40)
Round 5: 50, 10, 7, 2, 6, 4. Target: 138.
C1: 138. (2x50)+(7x4)+10 (10)
C2: 138. ((10-7)x50)-6-4-2 (10)
Score: 38–38 (max 50)
A good first 'half', then, and there's nothing to separate this pair.
Dave uses his last proper slot of the week to discuss the importance of communication in relationships.
Teatime teaser: DIDMOUSE -> MEDUSOID
Round 6: S P U O B D A O A
C1: SOUP (4)
C2: SOAP (4)
DC: DAUBS (5)
OT: APODOUS (7) POUSADA (7)
Score: 42–42 (max 57)
APODOUS means 'without feet or having only rudimentary feet', while its near-anagram POUSADA is a government-owned hotel in Portugal (as opposed to a POSADA, which is a hotel or inn in Spain).
Round 7: S N E I M D L A E
C1: MAIDENS (7)
C2: EMAILED (7)
DC: LIMEADES (8)
Score: 49–49 (max 65)
Susie notes that two limeades are acceptable under the "portions in a restaurant" rule, after which Jeff quips: "a wild night out in a restaurant - two limeades, please."
Round 8: T S T O E A C S Q
C1: TOASTS (6)
C2: COASTS (6)
DC: COSTATE (7)
Score: 55–55 (max 72)
DC should be spared a ribbing for spotting the darren, if you get my drift...
Round 9: R P N E I N E P R
C1: NIPPER (6)
C2: ripener
DC: REPINE (6)
OT: NERINE (6) PINENE (6) RIPPER (6)
Score: 61–55 (max 78)
Paula attempts to break the deadlock with a plausible-sounding seven, but it doesn't pay off. Despite sounding like a chemical, a NERINE is a bulbous South African plant, while PINENE sounds like a chemical, and is, being present in turpentine and juniper oil, amongst other substances. Who needs Wikipedia when you've got the Countdown Recap Service?
OoW: Susie concludes a week of nursery rhyme-themed Origins segments with a dissection of the song "Bobby Shaftoe's Gone To Sea". One that I can only vaguely recall from my youth, to be honest.
Round 10: 25, 1, 5, 7, 2, 1. Target: 319.
C1: 322. ((7+5+1)x25)-2-1 (7)
C2: 322. ((7+5+1)x25)-2-1 (7)
RR: 319. ((25+1)x(5+1)x2)+7 (10)
Score: 68–62 (max 88)
Not such an easy numbers game this time around and I must confess that my attempt went rather awry. Still, our contestants managed seven apiece, so fair play to them.
Teatime teaser: OURBELTS -> TROUBLES
Round 11: W F J A E A W P D
C1: JAPED (5)
C2: PAWED (5)
DC: PAWED (5) JAPED (5)
OT: JAWED (5)
Score: 73–67 (max 93)
No comment required, except to say that the small gap between Graham and Paula remains the same.
Round 12: T S G I U E D V L
C1: GUSTED (6)
C2: GUILDS (6)
DC: UGLIEST (7) DIVULGES (8)
Score: 79–73 (max 101)
Good work from SusieDave. Who will win? It's still anybody's game.
Round 13: M O C S E R M E D
C1: SCREED (6)
C2: DEEMS (5)
DC: RECODES (7)
OT: COMMERES (8) MESODERM (8)
Score: 85–73 (max 109)
A COMMERE is a female compere. I'd never realised until today that compere derives from the French for godfather (although they now use the word parrain). Countdown, it's so darn educational!
Round 14: 50, 100, 2, 8, 9, 2. Target: 127.
C1: -
C2: 127. 100+(8x2)+9+2 (10)
Score: 85–83 (max 119)
Paula goes for one large, but Rachel persuades her to gamble, so she changes her selection to two large, which pays dividends when she's the only one to solve it. A case of Rachel affecting the result?? Whatever, a crucial conundrum is the result!
Round 15: D I E T C O L A S
C1 buzzes on 21 seconds to say DISLOCATE which is correct.
Final Score: 95–83 (max 129)
After twenty-one seconds, we have our winner and it's the late racing driver's namesake who will be returning on Monday for another bout, while Paula will be returning with her goody bag to the north-west coast of England. I'll see you next weekend with a hopefully slightly more timely recap than this one. Until then, goodbye!
Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=64
C1: Champion Graham Hill (1 win, 72 points.)
C2: Challenger Paula Shallcross.
DC: Susie Dent and Dave Spikey.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.
Graham Hill became the champion on Thursday's show by knocking out Colin Young and he now takes on Paula Shallcross from Blackpool (whose surname is pronounced "shawlcross", fact fans; she has also sung on stage at Sydney Opera House). Without further messing about, let's recap the proceedings in the time-honoured fashion.
R01: L T M O A E S R U
R02: N T R E U K T A I
R03: F T N O A G E L D
R04: H G T U O E N R O
R05: 50, 10, 7, 2, 6, 4. Target: 138.
TTT: DIDMOUSE - "Did the mouse end up looking like a jellyfish?"
R06: S P U O B D A O A
R07: S N E I M D L A E
R08: T S T O E A C S Q
R09: R P N E I N E P R
R10: 25, 1, 5, 7, 2, 1. Target: 319.
TTT: OURBELTS - "You've got yours, I've got mine - according to the song."
R11: W F J A E A W P D
R12: T S G I U E D V L
R13: M O C S E R M E D
R14: 50, 100, 2, 8, 9, 2. Target: 127.
R15: D I E T C O L A S (conundrum)
This week it was the turn of Vitabiotics Osteocare to provide sponsorship.
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Jeff opens the show by remarking on a recent survey that suggested that ladies over 50 are often 'ignored' by the opposite sex. After the revelation that Rachel's grandfather "is mad", Jeff then goes on to introduce Susie as a woman "for whom fifty is approaching fast", a statement he wisely retracts at the end of the programme, although she does seem to agree at the time. She's only in her early forties, surely? Anyway, before we all get in trouble for discussing a lady's age, let us begin!
Round 1: L T M O A E S R U
C1: AMULETS (7)
C2: MAULERS (7)
DC: EMULATORS (18)
Score: 7–7 (max 18)
A great start for SusieDave with a niner. As always when EMULATORS appears, SOULMATE is nice for eight.
Round 2: N T R E U K T A I
C1: KNITTER (7)
C2: NATTIER (7)
DC: TRINKET (7) KERATIN (7)
OT: NITRATE (7) NUTTIER (7) TAUNTER (7) TAURINE (7) TERTIAN (7) TRINKET (7) URINATE (7)
Score: 14–14 (max 25)
The flattest round of the day. KNITTER puts me in mind of erstwhile Countdown guest Pam Ayres and her album/book "Thoughts of a Late-Night Knitter". And it's all-square in contestant's row.
Round 3: F T N O A G E L D
C1: TANGLED (7)
C2: GLOATED (7)
DC: TANGLED (7) TANGELO (7)
OT: GATEFOLD (8)
Score: 21–21 (max 33)
For newcomers to the show, Susie helpfully points out that TANGELO is an all-time favourite Countdown offering. We don't see it too often these days, must all be in the shuffling... Oh yeah, and no one spots the darrenic GATEFOLD, which reminds me of those old double album covers.
Round 4: H G T U O E N R O
C1: TOUGHEN (7)
C2: TOUGHEN (7)
DC: ROUGHEN (7)
OT: OUTGONE (7) TOUGHER (7)
Score: 28–28 (max 40)
Round 5: 50, 10, 7, 2, 6, 4. Target: 138.
C1: 138. (2x50)+(7x4)+10 (10)
C2: 138. ((10-7)x50)-6-4-2 (10)
Score: 38–38 (max 50)
A good first 'half', then, and there's nothing to separate this pair.
Dave uses his last proper slot of the week to discuss the importance of communication in relationships.
Teatime teaser: DIDMOUSE -> MEDUSOID
Round 6: S P U O B D A O A
C1: SOUP (4)
C2: SOAP (4)
DC: DAUBS (5)
OT: APODOUS (7) POUSADA (7)
Score: 42–42 (max 57)
APODOUS means 'without feet or having only rudimentary feet', while its near-anagram POUSADA is a government-owned hotel in Portugal (as opposed to a POSADA, which is a hotel or inn in Spain).
Round 7: S N E I M D L A E
C1: MAIDENS (7)
C2: EMAILED (7)
DC: LIMEADES (8)
Score: 49–49 (max 65)
Susie notes that two limeades are acceptable under the "portions in a restaurant" rule, after which Jeff quips: "a wild night out in a restaurant - two limeades, please."
Round 8: T S T O E A C S Q
C1: TOASTS (6)
C2: COASTS (6)
DC: COSTATE (7)
Score: 55–55 (max 72)
DC should be spared a ribbing for spotting the darren, if you get my drift...
Round 9: R P N E I N E P R
C1: NIPPER (6)
C2: ripener
DC: REPINE (6)
OT: NERINE (6) PINENE (6) RIPPER (6)
Score: 61–55 (max 78)
Paula attempts to break the deadlock with a plausible-sounding seven, but it doesn't pay off. Despite sounding like a chemical, a NERINE is a bulbous South African plant, while PINENE sounds like a chemical, and is, being present in turpentine and juniper oil, amongst other substances. Who needs Wikipedia when you've got the Countdown Recap Service?
OoW: Susie concludes a week of nursery rhyme-themed Origins segments with a dissection of the song "Bobby Shaftoe's Gone To Sea". One that I can only vaguely recall from my youth, to be honest.
Round 10: 25, 1, 5, 7, 2, 1. Target: 319.
C1: 322. ((7+5+1)x25)-2-1 (7)
C2: 322. ((7+5+1)x25)-2-1 (7)
RR: 319. ((25+1)x(5+1)x2)+7 (10)
Score: 68–62 (max 88)
Not such an easy numbers game this time around and I must confess that my attempt went rather awry. Still, our contestants managed seven apiece, so fair play to them.
Teatime teaser: OURBELTS -> TROUBLES
Round 11: W F J A E A W P D
C1: JAPED (5)
C2: PAWED (5)
DC: PAWED (5) JAPED (5)
OT: JAWED (5)
Score: 73–67 (max 93)
No comment required, except to say that the small gap between Graham and Paula remains the same.
Round 12: T S G I U E D V L
C1: GUSTED (6)
C2: GUILDS (6)
DC: UGLIEST (7) DIVULGES (8)
Score: 79–73 (max 101)
Good work from SusieDave. Who will win? It's still anybody's game.
Round 13: M O C S E R M E D
C1: SCREED (6)
C2: DEEMS (5)
DC: RECODES (7)
OT: COMMERES (8) MESODERM (8)
Score: 85–73 (max 109)
A COMMERE is a female compere. I'd never realised until today that compere derives from the French for godfather (although they now use the word parrain). Countdown, it's so darn educational!
Round 14: 50, 100, 2, 8, 9, 2. Target: 127.
C1: -
C2: 127. 100+(8x2)+9+2 (10)
Score: 85–83 (max 119)
Paula goes for one large, but Rachel persuades her to gamble, so she changes her selection to two large, which pays dividends when she's the only one to solve it. A case of Rachel affecting the result?? Whatever, a crucial conundrum is the result!
Round 15: D I E T C O L A S
C1 buzzes on 21 seconds to say DISLOCATE which is correct.
Final Score: 95–83 (max 129)
After twenty-one seconds, we have our winner and it's the late racing driver's namesake who will be returning on Monday for another bout, while Paula will be returning with her goody bag to the north-west coast of England. I'll see you next weekend with a hopefully slightly more timely recap than this one. Until then, goodbye!
Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=64